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Hon. Robert Gelbard:
 Ambassador Gelbard is
currently an international consultant engaged in a diverse range of
projects and geographic areas with several multinational companies,
including: oil pipeline development; tourism, airline and hotel
development; financial negotiations; and political/economic analyses.
Regions covered include Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and
Southeast Asia. In 2002, he was Senior Vice President for
International Affairs and Government Relations for ICN Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
Mr. Gelbard was United States Ambassador to Indonesia, 1999-2001; Special
Representative of the President and Secretary of State for the Balkans,
1997-1999;
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, 1993-1997; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Inter-American Affairs,
1991-1993; United States Ambassador to the Republic of Bolivia, 1988-1991;
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South America, 1985-1988;
Director, Office of Southern African Affairs,1984-1985; Deputy (and
Acting) Director, Office of Western European Affairs, 1982-1984; First
Secretary and Deputy Treasury Representative, American Embassy Paris,
1978-1982; Financial Economist, Office of European Regional
Political-Economic Affairs,1976-1978; Financial Economist (and Acting
Director), Office of Development Finance, 1973-1975; Principal Officer,
American Consulate, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1971-1972, Vice Consul
1970-1971, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Ambassador Gelbard has also served as Associate Director, Peace Corps,
Republic of The Philippines, 1968-1970; Staff Assistant, Senior Seminar in
Foreign Policy, 1967-1968; and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia,
1964-1966.
He was educated at Colby
College, A.B, History, 1964, Harvard University, M.P.A., Economics, 1979,
and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, courses in economics, 1976.
He has Honorary Degrees from Colby College, J.D., 2002, and from Villanova
University Law School, J.D., 1998.
Ambassador Gelbard has received the Secretary’s Distinguished Service
Award,2002, the Distinguished Public Service Award, United States Coast
Guard, 1994, the Presidential Meritorious Award, 1989, the Superior Honor
Award, Department of State, 1984, and the Meritorious Honor Award,
Department of State, 1982. He is also Condor of the Andes, Order of
the Grand Cross (Bolivia), 1991,
Medalha do Gaucho, State Government of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1972, an
Honorary member, Florida Bar Association, International Section, 1998,
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Colby College, 1997.
He is a member of The American Academy of Diplomacy (member-elect),
World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C., and the American Foreign
Service Association.
His publications include: "United States-Indonesia Relations in 2001" in
The Ambassador's Review, Spring Edition, 2001; "Drug Trafficking in
Southern Africa," in War and Peace in Southern Africa, eds. Robert I.
Rotberg and Greg Mills, Brookings Institution Press, 1998; "Burma:
The Booming Drug Trade," in Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future, ed.
Robert I. Rotberg, Brookings Institution Press, 1998
Ambassador Gelbard is fluent in Spanish and French, competent in
Portuguese, and has some knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia and Quechua. |
